Changes: Canopus

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Location of Canopus III on "The Explored Galaxy"

Canopus was the primary of its star system.

In 2267, USS Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu used Canopus as a reference point to plot the location of the Enterprise after it was flung five hundred parsecs by the Metrons. (TOS: "Arena")

In 2293, a planet orbiting this star, Canopus III, had its location in the Milky Way Galaxy labeled in the star chart "The Explored Galaxy", which was on display in Captain James T. Kirk's quarters aboard the USS Enterprise-A. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, okudagram)

In the canonical Star Trek universe, Canopus and Alpha Carinae were depicted as two distinct stars, with their own solar systems. This was contrary to the real word universe, where Canopus and Alpha Carinae were the names for the same star.

According to Star Trek: Star Charts (pg. 65). Canopus (or Alpha Carinae) was a star located in the Canopus system. This system was located in or near Federation space, in the Beta Quadrant, in the late 24th century. The primary, Canopus, was a F-class star with a magnitude of -1, which was a hundred times brighter than Sol.

For Star Trek: First Contact, Alex Jaeger created a ship size comparison chart for Industrial Light & Magic. On this chart, one of the names considered for the Norway-class starship was the USS Canopus. [1]

External links

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Canopus at Wikipedia
Canopus at the Internet Stellar Database

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+[[File:The Explored Galaxy.jpg|thumb|Location of Canopus III on "The Explored Galaxy"]]
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+'''Canopus''' was the [[star|primary]] of its [[star system]].
+In [[2267]], {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} [[helmsman]] [[Hikaru Sulu]] used Canopus as a reference point to plot the location of the ''Enterprise'' after it was flung five hundred [[parsec]]s by the [[Metron]]s. ({{TOS|Arena}})
-'''Canopus''' (aka '''Alpha Carinae''') was a [[star]]. It was the primary of the [[Canopus system]]. The location of Alpha Carinae was depicted on a [[Federation]] [[star chart]] in [[2293]]. It was located near [[Beta Aurigae]] and [[Phylos]]. ({{film|6}})
+In [[2293]], a [[planet]] [[orbit]]ing this star, [[Canopus III]], had its location in the [[Milky Way Galaxy]] labeled in the [[star chart]] "The Explored Galaxy", which was on display in [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]]'s [[quarters]] aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}}. ({{film|6}}, ''[[okudagram]]'')
-In [[2267]], on [[stardate]] 3046, {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} helmsman [[Hikaru Sulu]] used Canopus as a reference point to plot the location of the ''Enterprise'' after it was flung five hundred [[parsec]]s by the [[Metron]]s. ({{TOS|Arena}})
+{{bginfo|In the canonical Star Trek universe, Canopus and [[Alpha Carinae]] were depicted as two distinct stars, with their own solar systems. This was contrary to the real word universe, where Canopus and Alpha Carinae were the names for the same star.|According to ''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]'' (pg. 65). Canopus (or Alpha Carinae) was a star located in the Canopus system. This system was located in or near Federation space, in the [[Beta Quadrant]], in the late [[24th century]]. The primary, Canopus, was a [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Spectral classification|F-class star]] with a [[magnitude]] of -1, which was a hundred times brighter than [[Sol]].|For {{film|8}}, [[Alex Jaeger]] created a ship size comparison chart for [[Industrial Light & Magic]]. On this chart, one of the names considered for the {{Class|Norway}} [[starship]] was the USS ''Canopus''. {{eas|articles/akira/fc-scale-chart.gif}}}}
-''In an [[alternate timeline|alternate]] [[2366]], Alpha Carinae was also marked on a [[tactical situation monitor]] showing the fleet deployments in the [[Federation-Klingon War (alternate timeline)|Federation-Klingon War]].'' ({{TNG|Yesterday's Enterprise}} ''[[:de:Bild:Taktisches_Statusdisplay.svg|display graphic]]'') In [[2367]], the same chart was used in the prime timeline in [[Captain]] [[Benjamin Maxwell]]'s [[ready room]] on the {{USS|Phoenix}}. ({{TNG|The Wounded}})
-<gallery>
-File:Star-chart_alpha-beta_quadrant.jpg|''The Explored Galaxy'': The location of Alpha Carinae and Canopus
-File:Benjamin Maxwells tactical monitor.jpg|The location of Alpha Carinae on a [[tactical situation monitor]]
-</gallery>
-==Background==
-Michael Okuda, who created the chart ''The Explored Galaxy'', believed that Canopus and Alpha Carinae were two distinct stars. So, he created two systems, the Canopus and the Alpha Carinae, and located them in separate regions of space. A large, but indeterminate, number of [[light year]]s separated these two systems from each other. This conflict with real world facts was understandable because a connection between the two was never established in the canon. A planet may be named Canopus III, or Alpha Carinae III, but never as Canopus III and Alpha Carinae III in the same episode. Another example of this splitting of a system into two systems would be repeated with Pollux ([[Beta Geminorum]]) with a different result.
-===''The Explored Galaxy''===
-This chart was also seen in several ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episodes set in the [[24th century]], from the year [[2364]] to [[2370]]. These were: {{TNG|Conspiracy|The Measure Of A Man|The Emissary|The Mind's Eye|The Game}} and {{DS9|In the Hands of the Prophets|Cardassians}}.
-===''[[Star Trek: Star Charts]]''===
-Canopus (scientific name: Alpha Carinae) was a star located in the Canopus system. This system was located in the [[Beta Quadrant]]. The star was a [[Star Trek: Star Charts#Spectral classification|F-class star]]. It had a magnitude of -5, which was 10,000 times brighter than [[Sol]].
 == External links ==
+* {{NCwiki}}
 * {{wikipedia|Canopus}}
 * {{ISDb|id=220700|name=Canopus}}
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